Here I begin 78 days without a home. With all of the traveling I have planned, there was really no reason to pay an entire month's rent when I would be there so rarely, especially when I have such generous friends who let me stay with them. So now begins two and a half months of bumming on sofas, living out of a suitcase, and endless adventure.
It was pretty bittersweet to leave my apartment, since I lived in an incredible neighborhood and close to everything. While my living situation definitely was not the best I could have had, it was also far from the worst, and I learned a lot throughout the year. Most importantly, I will never again live with my landlord. There were too many rules and too much hypocrisy, and an all-student flat would have been far more enjoyable. Every morning I would wake up to him singing opera music outside my bedroom, and just lie there in bed thinking to myself, why do I live here? But, he is a very cultured man, and I definitely learned a lot about Spain and Spanish culture living with him. Plus, whenever I come back to Madrid, I know I'll always have a place to stay.
Also, some of my favorite people in Madrid are people I met in that house, such as roommates I already have plans to visit, and I hope some day will come to California to visit me.
A large part of the summer I won't even be in Madrid, since I fully intend to take advantage of the cheapness to travel within Europe. The whole month of July I'll be gone, and then I'll get to spend those last couple weeks in the city that is truly my home.
Itinerary for the best summer of my life:
It was pretty bittersweet to leave my apartment, since I lived in an incredible neighborhood and close to everything. While my living situation definitely was not the best I could have had, it was also far from the worst, and I learned a lot throughout the year. Most importantly, I will never again live with my landlord. There were too many rules and too much hypocrisy, and an all-student flat would have been far more enjoyable. Every morning I would wake up to him singing opera music outside my bedroom, and just lie there in bed thinking to myself, why do I live here? But, he is a very cultured man, and I definitely learned a lot about Spain and Spanish culture living with him. Plus, whenever I come back to Madrid, I know I'll always have a place to stay.
Also, some of my favorite people in Madrid are people I met in that house, such as roommates I already have plans to visit, and I hope some day will come to California to visit me.
A large part of the summer I won't even be in Madrid, since I fully intend to take advantage of the cheapness to travel within Europe. The whole month of July I'll be gone, and then I'll get to spend those last couple weeks in the city that is truly my home.
Itinerary for the best summer of my life:
- Pais Vasco and Galicia
- Paris
- Rome
- Porto
- Ireland
- Milan and Venice
- Vienna
- Prague
- Copenhagen
- Amsterdam
- Berlin
- Canary Islands
Seeing them all listed like that makes it that much more real. I can already tell this summer is going to rush by while I hopelessly try to hold it back and draw it out as long as possible. I would usually say that attempting to delay the inevitable is pathetic, but in this case, YOSAO.
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